Reverse Dictionary: EXPERIENCE

ADJECTIVES
1500 ► SALT of experience, etc.: bitter, vexatious → obs.
1593 ► BEATEN of persons: inured to anything, experienced → obs.
1643 ► SEASONED experienced, as a soldier, etc.
1656 ► VETERATORIAN crafty, cunning, subtle, wily, sly, deceitful; gotten by long use, experienced → obs.
1766 ► VERSANT of persons: skilled, versed, or experienced in a subject, practice, etc., as the result of having been occupied with it
1771 ► SAVEY wise, sagacious, experienced → Sc.
1883 ► RAWHIDE of a person: tough, experienced → Amer. dial.
1889 ► FROM WHO LAID THE RAIL of the most thoroughgoing or experienced sort; through and through → Amer. dial.
1889 ► SALTED of persons: experienced in some business or occupation → colloq.
1896 ► FROM WHO LAID THE CHUNK of the most thoroughgoing or experienced sort; through and through → Amer. dial.
20C.. ► ROCKING-CHAIR lacking or not involving first-hand experience → US
1911 ► DRY BEHIND THE EARS experienced; mature → Amer. sl.
1914 ► DRY BACK OF THE EARS experienced, mature → Amer..sl.
1930 ► VET veteran, experienced → US sl.
1968 ► BONE-SEASONED experienced → Amer. cowmen’s usage
1980 ► DOWN THE TRACK experienced → sl.
1981 ► STREET-WISE experienced in or possessing the necessary qualities for urban survival → US

ADVERBS
1938 ► BY THE SEAT OF ONE’S PANTS by instinct and experience rather than logic, expert knowledge, or technical aid

NOUNS
1250 ► FAND → FOND the act of trying; trial, proof, experience → obs.
1573 ► HANDSEL the first use, experience, trial, proof, or specimen of anything; first taste, foretaste, first fruits; often with the notion of its being auspicious of what is to follow
20C.. ► UNIVERSITY OF LIFE. a ‘college’ attended by those who claim personal experience as infinitely superior to academic knowledge → sl.
1910 ► COP an experience → Aust. sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
M16. ► OLD STAGER an experienced person
E18.. ► OLD SOLDIER an experienced, but somewhat cunning man → sl.
1778 ► MAN OF THE WORLD a man who is instructed and experienced in the ways of the world and is prepared to accept its conventions
L18.. ► OLD ROBIN an experienced person → sl.
1848 ► OLDSTER one who is no longer a ‘youngster’; an elderly person; an old person, or a more experienced person
1887 ► OLD BIRD an experienced, knowing person → colloq.
1893 ► FLAG UNFURLED a man of the world → rhyming sl. (Bk.)
20C.. ► OLD-TIMER one whose residence, membership, or experience dates from long ago → Aust. sl.
1910 ► VET an old-timer, an ageing or experienced person → sl.
1910 ► WAR-HORSE a person who has long experience
1933 ► HARD TAIL an experienced man → US sl.

VERBS
1589 ► BE A DOG AT to be experienced in or adept at → obs.
1697 ► CUT ONE’S EYETEETH to become knowledgeable or experienced; to acquire initial practice or experience in a particular sphere of activity
1796 ► THINK to feel, to experience → Sc. obs.
1844 ► SEE THE ELEPHANT to see what there is to see; to experience something to the end; to become jaded or disappointed → Amer. dial.
1848 ► SEE THE BIG ANIMAL to see or experience all that one can endure → Amer. sl.
M19. ► COP to experience, to undergo; to receive → sl.
1857 ► WADE THE WATER to go through a certain experience, ‘to take the plunge’ → Sc.
1866 ► DA to live, to experience → Sc.
1896 ► HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS → KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS to be knowledgeable or expert in everything; to be worldly-wise or experienced → colloq.
L19.. ► JACKAROO → JACKEROO to pick up experience → Aust. sl.
1936 ► HEAR THE OWL HOOT to have many and varied experiences → Amer. Western sl.
1960 ► FALL DOWN (ON) to experience, to enjoy → US sl.
1960 ► VIBE to experience, to enjoy → US sl.
1990 ► PASS THE BONE to share experience, to pass on information → US students’ sl.
1990 ► TAKE THE SHIT WITH THE SUGAR to accept that one must have both bad and good experiences → Aust.